OUTER COAT OF ROBOT

摘要

An outer coat of a robot has tactile sensors (52), a first member (50b), and a second member (50c). The tactile sensors (52) are laid in a scattered manner on a base (50a). The first member (50b) is placed over the tactile sensors and has projections (50b1) continuously formed on a surface facing the tactile sensors, where the projections (50b1) are each reduced in a cross-section in diameter toward each tactile sensor and are each capable of pressing each tactile sensor. The second member (50c) is placed over the first member and is formed of a material with lower rigidity than the first member. The second member is provided as a soft outer coat, and a working point of a load applied through the outer coat or distribution of the load can be reliably detected. As a result, a contact point between the surrounding can be reliably estimated.